Reliever Brandon League is expected to be sidelined for a couple of months with shoulder inflammation, Manager Don Mattingly said.
"It's an extended period of time," Mattingly said.
The results of League's recent MRI examination were reviewed Friday...

David Huff doesn't know what he'll be asked to do this season.
Will he be a starter, as he was Saturday in the Dodgers' 5-4 victory over the Angels? Or a long reliever? Or a situational left-hander?
The 30-year-old, six-year veteran doesn't even...

Although Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers had a good laugh about the line drive that toppled their ace on Friday afternoon, Kershaw paid the price Friday night.
He spent the evening at the dentist.
Kershaw said after Friday's game that the only damage...

The face of the franchise was down. The best pitcher in baseball had been hit by a line drive. Clayton Kershaw sat on the mound, rubbing his hand against the side of his face.
And then he got up, shrugged off a chipped tooth, and kept on pitching. The...

On the day Hyun-Jin Ryu returned to the Dodgers’ spring-training camp, right-hander Brandon League said he would undergo an MRI examination on his right shoulder. League is expected to start the season on the disabled list.
“He hasn’t pitched in a while,” Manager Don Mattingly said. “You guys can do the math part.”
League said he felt discomfort during a bullpen session Tuesday. “From the first time I picked up the ball yesterday, I could tell something was...

Bad command or bad blood?
Whatever the case, a series of hit batters resulted in four ejections Monday in the Dodgers’ 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dodgers utility man Justin Turner was struck twice.
“You don’t ever want to get hit in spring training,” Turner said.
Problems started in the top of the first inning when former first-round draft pick Chris Anderson delivered a couple of balls near Aaron Hill’s head. The ever-wild Anderson started in place of...

With the injured left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu ruled out for opening day, would the Dodgers look to trade for another starting pitcher?
Yes, if they can add an arm for the back of their rotation. No, Cole Hamels is not walking through that door.
The Dodgers sent Ryu to Los Angeles for medical evaluation, after he reported renewed discomfort in his throwing shoulder on Sunday. Ryu sat out six weeks last season — three in April and May and three more in September — because of inflammation in...

Juan Uribe is the Dodgers' starter at third base this season, no matter how he performs this spring. Beyond that, who knows?
Uribe again? Unlikely.
Hector Olivera? Corey Seager? Alex Guerrero?
Uribe's contract expires at the end of this season. So do the contracts of second baseman Howie Kendrick and shortstop Jimmy Rollins. The Dodgers have decided to let the season play out, at least to some point, before even considering extensions for any of those infielders.
Among the reasons: the possibility...

COLORADO 6, DODGERS 4
DODGERS 11, TEXAS 3
AT THE PLATE: Adrian Gonzalez hit two of the Dodgers' five home runs against the Rangers. The Dodgers hit 10 home runs in two games in San Antonio; they have 20 home runs in 18 games in Arizona. Juan Uribe had three hits and Howie Kendrick two against the Rockies. Of the players expected to make the Dodgers roster, three are batting above .400: Kendrick (.419), center fielder Joc Pederson (.444) and infielder Justin Turner (.406).
ON THE MOUND: Zack...

This is a pretty quiet camp for the Dodgers. Once they determine the identities of their relievers, they do not have much to decide.
So, when Yasiel Puig gets off to a slow spring start, that becomes an issue, at least for a day. Puig is batting .174 in his first 23 Cactus League at-bats, with one extra-base hit and a .544 OPS.
In light of the way Puig finished last season -- an OPS that dropped from .915 in the first half to .780 in the second half, followed by a playoff series in which he struck out...